Holders Australia, India, West Indies and hosts Pakistan have been drawn together in group B of this year's ICC Champions Trophy.
Meanwhile England, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka are in Group A.
The groupings were finalised on the basis of teams' rankings in the LG ICC ODI Championship table as of March 12, which was the cut-off date for the determination of the seedings.
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The two top teams in each group after the round-robin format is complete will progress to the semi-finals.
ICC Champions Trophy Draw (seedings in brackets):
Group A: Australia (1), India (4), Pakistan (5), West Indies (8)
Group B: South Africa (2), New Zealand (3), Sri Lanka (6), England (7)
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